Today's shopping task
 

12.40pm: The housemates have been gathered on the sofa to hear about the next part of the shopping task

12.47pm: The HMs are getting changed into swimwear
1.12pm: What time-based game will the HMs face next? All will be revealed soon

:suspect:

A swimming task? They don't even have a pool. :conf:

I was thinking this

Knowing Channel 5 it's probably a 'who looks the sexiest in their swimwear' task :joker:

1.27pm: The garden has been littered with baths filled with nasty surprised. And yes, the HMs are going in them

Day 6: The 'Time is Money' task continues
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Yesterday saw the start of the first shopping task, 'Time is Money', where housemates have been competing in a number of time-based games to generate minutes for the final game later today.

But before that happens, Big Brother has given them one more chance to add time to the clock, by inviting them to enjoy some bath time in the garden. But there's a catch - the baths will be filled with nasty surprises, such as maggots, offal and tripe and sour milk. You didn't think Big Brother would fill them with water now, would you? The longer they stay in the bath, the more time will be added to the banked total.

To win a luxury shopping budget, the housemates will then compete in the 'Test of Time', where they will be faced with a series of locked boxes and a safe. In order to unlock these they must guess the combination using 'he said, she said' quotes from the housemates. If the housemates correctly guess the clues within the allocated time, the safe will open to reveal the shopping list.

So this task will not only be a test of time, but also how well they know their fellow housemates. To find out how they get on, keeping checking the website for updates!

Oh this sounds great! :amazed:

2.05pm: Time's up! All HMs apart from Carol, Charlotte, Danielle and Louie managed to stay in their baths

Courtney did well! That's my girl! :dance:

2.21pm: Just two guys, hanging out in a bathtub of dye... #bbuklive pic.twitter.com/WwOp9RCBrn

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BSrY_pACAAAa4yI.jpg

:joker::joker::joker::joker:

2.36pm: Courtney and Lauren are getting glammed up after their bath experience. As you can imagine, they're wearing very little:rolleyes:

I love their friendship. :love:

Hms bath time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw8cn8lnJ_o

Day 6: Carol and Mario face the Test Of Time

Housemates are used to agonising over how long their careers might last and now they've another Test Of Time on their hands. This ... Read more

Housemates are used to agonising over how long their careers might last and now they've another Test Of Time on their hands. This week's shopping task is about to end with two housemates up against the clock, attempting to crack a safe in the time the crew have previously banked.

The chosen duo will be presented with three locked boxes and a large safe which will have three clock faces attached to it. Displayed on the wall is another large clock face with the twelve Housemates faces on it.

At the beginning of the task, HMs have to find the right key to open box number one, which will reveal the first clue in a series of "he said / she said" quotes and facts.

The pair will have to guess who's involved in the clue, find them on the clock face on the wall and then enter the time both their faces represent onto clock number one on the safe.

Sound complex? It probably is a bit. Sound like it'll baffle whichever couple of HMs take it on? Let's hope so!

If all three clues have been guessed correctly and the right times have been entered on the three clock faces on the front of the safe, it will unlock to reveal a fresh shopping list, ready for the week's order.

Can they handle it? Possibly. Just so long as they remember that time waits for no man. Or woman. Or any housemate either.

Keep checking the site to see how they get on!

Love Mario and Carol! :cheer:

5.55pm: HMs work out their shopping list. Bruce is concerned that a tablet's involved. Sophie demands Camomile tea:mad:

6.16pm: Carol - head in hands over the shopping list - tells Danielle to "shut up, please". Sophie insists on lots of parmesan

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Day 6: How did the housemates get on the in the Time Is Money shopping task finale?

The fate of the housemates' hungry bellies was put in the hands of Mario and Carol this evening, as they took part in the ... Read more

The fate of the housemates' hungry bellies was put in the hands of Mario and Carol this evening, as they took part in the grand finale of this week's shopping task, Time Is Money.

As we explained earlier, Big Brother had concocted a confusing and controversial game called Test Of Time, where that all-important luxury budget was lying in wait inside a safe. All Mario and Carol had to do was work out the 'he said/she said' quotes ('A said this about B'), match their selected housemates to the hands of the clock and open the lock lying before them. Sounds simple, no? Not under the added pressure of the five and a half minute time limit the housemates had amassed over the last two days.

So if that was the confusing bit, then what was the controversial part?

Well that's where the quotes came in. Mario correctly guessed that Carol had said that Sophie "looks like a trout", while Carol remembered Charlotte's outburst that Vicky "is a bit of a stupid cow". And of course, the rest of the House were watching all of this unfold live on the living room screen.

But the grumpy few couldn't stay in a mood for long, because guess what... they passed the task!

"You guys kicked ass!" proclaimed Dustin, as the pair emerged triumphantly from the task room, luxury shopping list in hand.

"I want a chocolate egg, that's all I want," added Mario. We reckon he deserves a few of them after today's success

Well done, Mario and Carol! :dance:

Mario and Carol race against time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxDrvGv9ec4